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Offline Miss Silvera

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Andy Griffith
« on: July 03, 2012, 08:23:25 AM »
Andy Griffith Died this morning at his home in  Manteo, NC

A true icon in radio, film and TV


RIP Andy....you will be missed
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Andy Griffith dies
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2012, 08:23:45 AM »
Just heard, he was 86. Probably the best loved TV show ever made, I watched it growing up and have seen it many times over the years in reruns and have grown to really appreciate it more now.
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Re: Andy Griffith
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2012, 08:25:25 AM »
Sorry, I posted the same thing 20 seconds after you did! I tried to remove the thread but it wouldn't let me.
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Re: Andy Griffith dies
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2012, 08:33:45 AM »
Ditto.... :'(
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Re: Andy Griffith dies
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2012, 08:36:05 AM »
Andy was one of the good ones.
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Re: Andy Griffith dies
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2012, 08:52:56 AM »
Makes me sad every time someone of that generation passes on. Feels like another piece of what made America great has passed on as well:'(.  Not saying that we were a perfectly moral people back then, but compared to where we are and seem to be heading; it is truly.......well.......sad.
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Re: Andy Griffith dies
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2012, 09:00:17 AM »
I went through Mt. Airy NC just the other week and thought about him.  I hear Jim Nabors isn't doing very well either.
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Re: Andy Griffith
« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2012, 09:02:07 AM »
Quote from: Strawboss on July 03, 2012, 08:25:25 AM
Sorry, I posted the same thing 20 seconds after you did! I tried to remove the thread but it wouldn't let me.

Taken care of...
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Re: Andy Griffith
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2012, 10:59:49 AM »
Thanks V-Jim. Every show had a lesson, you learned while you watched and didn't even know it, well us kids didn't, it appealed to kids and adults alike though. A slower time, a simpler time, a better time, at least for me.
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Re: Andy Griffith
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2012, 11:00:31 AM »
WOW truly sad.  Yes all of the icons of yesteryear are going away
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Re: Andy Griffith
« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2012, 11:01:44 AM »
Quote from: Strawboss on July 03, 2012, 10:59:49 AM
Thanks V-Jim. Every show had a lesson, you learned while you watched and didn't even know it, well us kids didn't, it appealed to kids and adults alike though. A slower time, a simpler time, a better time, at least for me.
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Re: Andy Griffith
« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2012, 03:33:22 PM »
Very sad, but these old fellows are all on borrowed time.  Sheriff Andy was one of my electronic "foster fathers", along with Ward Cleaver, Lucas McCain, Gomer Pyle, "Mathews - Highway Patrol", etc.  These shows, even while being the mainstream of the "boob tube", always left us with some sort of lesson learned and a good moral statement at the end.  Entertainment and education.  Not like today.
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Re: Andy Griffith
« Reply #12 on: July 04, 2012, 08:05:32 AM »
Quote from: Nosmo on July 03, 2012, 03:33:22 PM
Very sad, but these old fellows are all on borrowed time.  Sheriff Andy was one of my electronic "foster fathers", along with Ward Cleaver, Lucas McCain, Gomer Pyle, "Mathews - Highway Patrol", etc.  These shows, even while being the mainstream of the "boob tube", always left us with some sort of lesson learned and a good moral statement at the end.  Entertainment and education.  Not like today.

Nosmo, I couldn't have explained it any better.

RIP Sheriff Andy.
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Re: Andy Griffith
« Reply #13 on: July 05, 2012, 11:07:58 AM »
Quote from: Nosmo on July 03, 2012, 03:33:22 PM
Very sad, but these old fellows are all on borrowed time.  Sheriff Andy was one of my electronic "foster fathers", along with Ward Cleaver, Lucas McCain, Gomer Pyle, "Mathews - Highway Patrol", etc.  These shows, even while being the mainstream of the "boob tube", always left us with some sort of lesson learned and a good moral statement at the end.  Entertainment and education.  Not like today.

+1!
Grew up without a physical dad, but I do believe some of these shows and an aunt who made sure I was in church, made all the difference...
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Re: Andy Griffith
« Reply #14 on: July 05, 2012, 11:25:44 AM »
Quote from: okxd45 on July 05, 2012, 11:07:58 AM
+1!
Grew up without a physical dad, but I do believe some of these shows and an aunt who made sure I was in church, made all the difference...

Church never did much for me.  I attribute how I turned out to my father-in-law for the most part.  My dad died very early.  I was 12.  We both liked gin and it went on from there.  He was a good man.  I miss him and my dad. 

I miss the old shows like Andy Griffith starred in.   They had comedy that was universal and didn't have to shock anyone to make it funny.
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Re: Andy Griffith
« Reply #15 on: July 06, 2012, 11:22:10 AM »
Not to start a religious thread, but I probably should give God the credit as the Church hasn't always had the best reputation... ;)
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Re: Andy Griffith
« Reply #16 on: July 06, 2012, 11:32:08 AM »
Agreed.
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Re: Andy Griffith
« Reply #17 on: July 08, 2012, 10:15:28 AM »
R.I.P.
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